Warning over court summons scam emails

Police and Action Fraud are warning people about a wave of scam emails that appear to be summoning the recipient to appear in court.

The messages purport to come from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), and claim the recipient is being summoned to a court hearing.

The email, with subject: “You’ve been witness summoned to court”, entices people to click on a link to view their start time/case details. This link is likely to lead to malware being installed on the user’s computer.

This email has no connection to the CPS, who are aware of the situation, pointing out that they “never email witnesses in order to summons them to court”.